The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul Competes at the Bosphorus Film Festival in Turkey

In the Presence of the Film's Director Anda├ž Haznederoğlu and its Leading Actress Saba Mubarak

The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul Competes at the Bosphorus Film Festival in Turkey

In the presence of the film's director Anda├ž Haznederoğlu and its leading actress Saba Mubarak, The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul will compete at the Bosphorus Film Festival in Turkey. The festival's events will conclude on November 25th. The film will compete within the Best National Feature Film Competition. This will be the film's second screening in Turkey following its recent success at the Antalya Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.

Written and directed by Turkish director Anda├ž Haznederoğlu, The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul stars Saba Mubarak and child Rawan Skeif, alongside a number of real Syrian refugees who are acting for the first time.

The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul follows the journey of Lena and Meryem during their escape from the war in Syria. Lena is a ten-year-old girl who has lost her family in the war. She finds herself forced to make her way to Turkey with her baby sister and their neighbor Meryem, along with the other refugees. Lena wants to return home, while Meryem's hope is reach Europe.

The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul is a co-production between the Turkish companies; Anda├ž Film Productions, Istanbul Digital (ID) and Istanbul Film Production (IFP); and the Jordanian company Pan East Media. The film project has received financial support from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. MAD Solutions is handling the film's distribution in the Arab world.

Star Saba Mubarak participated in many charity activities related to refugees. She attended a celebration held by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), where she delivered a speech about the refugee crisis in the Arab world. In her speech, Mubarak talked about the humane situations she experienced while shooting her new film The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul.